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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Eur J Dent 2017; 11(04): 569-570
DOI: 10.4103/ejd.ejd_222_17
Letter to Editor
Dental Investigation Society

Dental amalgam fillings and the use of technological devices as an environmental factor: Updating the cumulative mercury exposure-based hypothesis of autism

Isadora Argou-Cardozo
1   Specialization Course in Public Management and Regional Development, Faculty of Administration and Tourism, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Pelotas, RS, Brazil
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José Cano Cano Martín
2   Deusto Business School, University of Deusto, Madrid, Spain
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Fares Zeidán-Chuliá
3   Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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